Using the Bright Novae plugin

Set date and time (30 August 1975 year for Nova Cygni 1975 as example)

Section [Novae] in config.ini file

You can edit config.ini file by yourself for changes of the settings for the Bright Novae plugin - just make it carefully!

ID

Type

Version

Description

Plugin

Stellarium

last_update

string

0.1.0+

0.12.3+

Date and time of last update

update_frequency_days

int

0.1.0+

0.12.3+

Frequency of updates, in days

updates_enable

bool

0.1.0+

0.12.3+

Enable updates of bright novae catalog from Internet

url

string

0.1.0+

0.12.3+

URL of bright novae catalog

Catalog of bright novae

You can modify the novae.json file manually using a text editor. If you are using Windows, it is strongly recommended to use an advanced text editor such as Notepad++ to avoid problems with end-of-line characters. (It will also color the JSON code and make it easier to read.)

Warning: Before editing your novae.json, make a backup copy. Leaving out the smallest detail (such as a comma or forgetting to close a curly bracket) will prevent Stellarium from starting.

The path to the directory which contains novae.json is something like:

Light curves

This plugin uses a very simple model for calculation of light curves for novae stars. This model is based on time for decay by N magnitudes from the maximum value, where N is 2, 3, 6 and 9. If a nova has no values for decay of magnitude then this plugin will use generalized values for it.

Version history

Plug-in version

Stellarium version

Significant changes

0.1.0

0.12.3

First public version of plugin

How you can help

We are welcome bug reports, feature requests and feedback through the usual channels (trackers, forums and so on).